Baker v. Rowan
Supreme Court of Alabama
This case was determined in Madison Circuit court, on a final hearing, on a bill in Chancery. Rowan, the complainant below, being the administrator of'his father’s estate — in pursuance of law, and under the necessary order, proceeded to sell the personal estate of his intestate.
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This case was determined in Madison Circuit court, on a final hearing, on a bill in Chancery. Rowan, the complainant below, being the administrator of'his father’s estate — in pursuance of law, and under the necessary order, proceeded to sell the personal estate of his intestate. Part of this property was certain .slaves, who, being family negroes, Rowan wished to 'preserve; and, for that purpose, employed an agent to purchase them, at the administration sale — -which the latter, accordingly, did, at a fair value.' Baker, the plaintiff in error, at this time, as appeared from’ the facts of…
1Opinion of the CourtSaffold, J.
The facts material to the'decision of this case, may be thus briefly stated, as appearing from the bill, answer, exhibits, and proof. • In Octo*363ber, 1824, Rowan, the complainant, as administrator of James Rowan, dec’d, sold, by order of the proper conrt, the personal property of his intestate, on a credit of twelve months. At the sale, one John Miller, for the complainant, bought the slaves, in contest, {Sally and her children, Nancy and Harvey,) at a fair price'.- Afterwards, the complainant, as-administrator, made his settlement with the Orphans’ court, and therein accounted for, and…
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